Pixel Joint News

Top Pixel Art - October 2009

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:50:37 PST

The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for October 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

Warrior by Vital

Wrath Be My Name by DawnBringer

Nvisionary Shambler by nvision

Bannière by Ergg

Moonlit Massacre by Dex

Rio de Janeiro after people by Victor Rojo

Battle Car vol.3 "In mountains after rain" by 4tochkin

LEVEL GET! by .Anubis.

Trying Something New. . . by Skurwy87

Dragon by metalidol

Turnbased Pixel Fragfest!

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:55:17 PST

"Potshot is the quick little game you have been waiting for."

A brainchild of Mambazo, who has been working on it for several months now, Potshot is a neat multiplayer turn-based tactics game that runs in your browser, and features a bunch of cute pixel art graphics!

Ammo - Pistols - SMGs - Rifles - Armor - Frag & Flash Grenades - Medikits - Explosive Barrels and more!

Give it a go!

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Pixel Art Challenge: Genre Bending

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:43 PST

Challenge winner Kaiseto wants you to pixel a scene or landscape showing a setting that displays two or more different movie genres mixed together. Choose at least 2 of the following genres:

    Sports
    Romance
    Monster movie
    Western
    Steampunk
    Noir

Make sure to mention which genres you're using.

Canvas Size - Min 150 x 100; Max 240 x 160. Either horizontal or vertical.
Colors - Max 32.
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

Challenge Voting: Coloured Creatures

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:41 PST

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Coloured Creatures.

VOTE NOW!

Challenge Awards: Movember 'Stache

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:39 PST

The Movember 'Stache pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Stachio by ThereIsNoCure

The Wall by ElectroNico

Bloody Moustache by DanielHyaku

Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Movember 'Stache forum thread for more information.

Pixel Art Challenge: Coloured Creatures

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:11:00 PST

Pick one of Arachne's linearts shown in the challenge thread and colour it (don't forget, colouring also means texture/shading etc... too!). Also, make sure you give your newly coloured creature a background.

Links to challenge lineart - [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Canvas Size - Maintain the original canvas size. You may flip/rotate the canvas 90° if you like.
Colours - Unrestricted.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

Challenge Voting: Movember 'Stache

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:02:16 PST

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Movember 'Stache.

VOTE NOW!

Challenge Awards: Zombeh Love

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:01:45 PST

The Zombeh Love pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Zombie girl by vierbit

Will you...........? by Free Camera

Whooops! (PARTY HARD!) by Vital

Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Zombeh Love forum thread for more information.

8-Bit Low-Res Make-Up Costume

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:05:02 PST

A little late for Halloween, but a terrific idea for next year.

Check it.

Dwarf Fortress - Now in Iso!

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 04:32:13 PST

The roguelike Dwarf Fortress has been given a pixel make-over in the form of Stonesense, a third-party visualiser for the game which is currently in its third alpha release. Stonesense takes the original ASCII-based graphics and converts them into isometric visuals.

The open source mod is being developed by "Jonask" and "Solifuge" with graphics currently being created by members of the Dwarf Fortress community. Check out the official thread here.

Also, head over to TIGSource for more info, a screenshot and a video of Stonesense in action.

Pixel Art Challenge: Movember 'Stache

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:44 PST

The month of Movember is now upon us, therefore we want you to make a portrait of an original character with a moustache (no real life people or existing characters).

Your character does not have to be male (or human!); you may decide to create a moustachioed miss or even a martian monster with a monstrous martian moustache if you so wish.

Canvas Size - Max 100 x 100.
Colours - Max 16.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

Challenge Voting: Zombeh Love

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:42 PST

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Zombeh Love.

VOTE NOW!

Challenge Awards: Windows Se7en

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:41 PST

The Windows Se7en pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Wrath Be My Name by DawnBringer

Gluttony-Money to Burn by SHANN0N

Mr Creosote - Weekly Challenge by Jinn

Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Windows Se7en forum thread for more information.

TIGSource's Assemblee Competition

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:04:46 PST

TIGSource's Assemblee is a two-part game making competition: The first part (which is running now, through November 28th) is a call for artists and musicians to create assets: tiles, characters, UI elements, fonts, sound effects, whatever. These go into a large communal pool, which will be used freely, mix and match style by programmers and designers to make games, come the second part - all the art used for these games come out of that pool. You can submit whatever you like, so long as it's made for the competition.

Pixel Art Challenge: Zombeh Love

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:30:33 PST

Challenge winner (:3) challenges you to use the photograph template below to pixel a scene where zombie(s) are friendly and not menacing. For example, a Polaroid picture of a person and a zombie playing football or video games together.

Canvas size - Use Template:

Colours - Unrestricted.
Animation - No.
Transparency - No.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.